Quantitative detection of apple watercore and soluble solids content by near infrared transmittance spectroscopy

A portable spectrometric system for nondestructive assessment of the soluble solids content (SSC) of fruits for practical applications has been proposed and its performance has been examined by an experiment on quantitative prediction of the SSC of apples. Although the spectroscopic technique is a powerful tool for predicting the internal qualities of fruits, its practical applications are limited due to its high cost and complexity. In the proposed system, the spectra of apples were collected by a simple optical setup with a cheap pre-calibrated multispectral chipset. An optimal multiple linear regression model with five wavebands at 900, 760, 730, 680, and 535 nm revealed the best performance with the coefficient of determination of prediction and the root mean square error of prediction of 0.861 and 0.403 °Brix, respectively, which was comparable to that of the previous studies using dispersive spectrometers. Compared with previously reported systems using discrete filters or light emitting diodes, the proposed system was superior in terms of manufacturability and reproducibility. The experimental results confirmed that the proposed system had a considerable potential for practical, cost-effective applications of the SSC prediction, not only for apples but also for other fruits.

“…The SSC prediction performance of the system was

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 78%

A Portable Spectrometric System for Quantitative Prediction of the Soluble Solids Content of Apples with a Pre-calibrated Multispectral Sensor Chipset

Tran

Fukuzawa

2020

“…The specific implementation steps are briefly described as follows: based on interval PLS, the sub-intervals of several local models with higher accuracy in the same interval division are combined, and the RMSEC value is the joint model measurement index, selected from all models the best joint sub-interval (RMSEC is the smallest). The PLS model based on the best joint subinterval has the strongest predictive ability [30]. The electronic nose data has a large amount of information, and it is easy to introduce too much useless data during the modeling process, which reduces the prediction accuracy of the model, and the data interval needs to be filtered.…”

Section: Synergy Interval Partial Least Squarementioning

confidence: 99%

Classification for Penicillium expansum Spoilage and Defect in Apples by Electronic Nose Combined with Chemometrics

Guo

Chen

et al. 2020

Self Cite

It is crucial for the efficacy of the apple storage to apply methods like electronic nose systems for detection and prediction of spoilage or infection by Penicillium expansum. Based on the acquisition of electronic nose signals, selected sensitive feature sensors of spoilage apple and all sensors were analyzed and compared by the recognition effect. Principal component analysis (PCA), principle component analysis-discriminant analysis (PCA-DA), linear discriminant analysis (LDA), partial least squares discriminate analysis (PLS-DA) and K-nearest neighbor (KNN) were used to establish the classification model of apple with different degrees of corruption. PCA-DA has the best prediction, the accuracy of training set and prediction set was 100% and 97.22%, respectively. synergy interval (SI), genetic algorithm (GA) and competitive adaptive reweighted sampling (CARS) are three selection methods used to accurately and quickly extract appropriate feature variables, while constructing a PLS model to predict plaque area. Among them, the PLS model with unique variables was optimized by CARS method, and the best prediction result of the area of the rotten apple was obtained. The best results are as follows: Rc = 0.953, root mean square error of calibration (RMSEC) = 1.28, Rp = 0.972, root mean square error of prediction (RMSEP) = 1.01. The results demonstrated that the electronic nose has a potential application in the classification of rotten apples and the quantitative detection of spoilage area.

“…Modeling the spectra accurately requires a large amount of data that can slow down the process and limit practical use of the instrument. Guo et al [111] developed a theoretical basis for the industrial application of NIR spectroscopy for the determination of apple SSC by using a variable selection method. They showed that competitive adaptive reweighted sampling (CARS) can simplify modeling and that competitive adaptive reweighted sampling-partial least squares (CARS-PLS) modeling can have practical applications in an industry setting.…”

Section: Fruitsmentioning

confidence: 99%

QCM Sensor Arrays, Electroanalytical Techniques and NIR Spectroscopy Coupled to Multivariate Analysis for Quality Assessment of Food Products, Raw Materials, Ingredients and Foodborne Pathogen Detection: Challenges and Breakthroughs

Bwambok

Siraj

Macchi

et al. 2020

Quality checks, assessments, and the assurance of food products, raw materials, and food ingredients is critically important to ensure the safeguard of foods of high quality for safety and public health. Nevertheless, quality checks, assessments, and the assurance of food products along distribution and supply chains is impacted by various challenges. For instance, the development of portable, sensitive, low-cost, and robust instrumentation that is capable of real-time, accurate, and sensitive analysis, quality checks, assessments, and the assurance of food products in the field and/or in the production line in a food manufacturing industry is a major technological and analytical challenge. Other significant challenges include analytical method development, method validation strategies, and the non-availability of reference materials and/or standards for emerging food contaminants. The simplicity, portability, non-invasive, non-destructive properties, and low-cost of NIR spectrometers, make them appealing and desirable instruments of choice for rapid quality checks, assessments and assurances of food products, raw materials, and ingredients. This review article surveys literature and examines current challenges and breakthroughs in quality checks and the assessment of a variety of food products, raw materials, and ingredients. Specifically, recent technological innovations and notable advances in quartz crystal microbalances (QCM), electroanalytical techniques, and near infrared (NIR) spectroscopic instrument development in the quality assessment of selected food products, and the analysis of food raw materials and ingredients for foodborne pathogen detection between January 2019 and July 2020 are highlighted. In addition, chemometric approaches and multivariate analyses of spectral data for NIR instrumental calibration and sample analyses for quality assessments and assurances of selected food products and electrochemical methods for foodborne pathogen detection are discussed. Moreover, this review provides insight into the future trajectory of innovative technological developments in QCM, electroanalytical techniques, NIR spectroscopy, and multivariate analyses relating to general applications for the quality assessment of food products.